Good evening group, I was wondering if anyone knew how tires were loaded into a boxcar. I know it’s beyond this groups time frame but especially in the late ‘60’s. Were they just “thrown” into the car

The DX car has been changed to a radial course tank by adding wraps of .005 styrene. Info I had on the other one showed a car with those reporting marks carrying PHP (Packing House Products Lard, tall

Just went to decal a BAR SS box car I bought as a bag kit last summer when I bought the Pennsy car that had bad decals. Again, the decals broke up! I may have enough to do the car after the coating dr

These days, we a blessed with some fabulous gondola HO models. Most of them seem to be end door versions. Tangent, Proto2K, Walthers, Westerfield. B&O guy talking. Some prototype investigation suggest

I received the MoP "Naperville freebee mini-kit" from a friend handling another friends estate last Dec. Finally got around to gluing the pieces on a body then I noticed one on eBay with a bid of over

Hi List Members, LE&W 6773 ds boxcar at Plymouth Coal Breaker PA 1901 https://www.loc.gov/resource/det.4a07311/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

I’m installing my first ever etched metal running board on a model, and wondering if there is an ideal way to go about adding the L shaped hand-hold on each of the two lateral running boards? Not sure

I’m modelling a USRA single sheathed car c 1946 - unfortunately, without the benefit of a correctly dated reference photo. For the moment, i’m leaning toward the look of an extremely war-worn pre-WWII

If box cars were/are loaded anything like 53' trailers, no. No stacks, no pallets. Flat layer of tires on the floor the rest are stuffed on a 45° to interlock with the next layer up. ________________

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Hi List Members, MP USRA (or USRA clone?) gon with coal loading Omaha NE 1938 The car looks to be in rough shape... https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8a03846/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Friends, This question may get replies to “buy the book” but I will ask it anyway. I model 1950 and have purchased several Rapido X-3 models with K brakes and “30s era” stenciling. They should be appr

Hello everyone, I picked up (2) F&C kits recently. Both Southern cars, one being a Seley hopper and the second one of the 'SU' 36' boxcars. Both are pretty notable cars for my era. The Seley hopper I

I have several ILDX hoppers to reweigh. However, I’ve only seen them in the new paint schemes. What reweigh symbols were used on these cars in the 50s? Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheek

Has anyone seen the attached list before for the lot numbers of American Car & Foundry cars? The lots from 500 to 690 are incomplete but lot 691 dated 1899 onward appear to all be here. This is about

Hi List Members, NW 53375 composite hopper in 1918 https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b41715/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, MONTOUR twin hopper with "Coal goes to War" slogan... https://www.loc.gov/item/2017840883/ https://www.loc.gov/item/2017840891/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, RDG twin hopper Potomac Yards https://www.loc.gov/resource/thc.5a47554/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, LN 40ft steel gon Jenkins KY 1935 https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8a16940/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, CB&Q 36ft trussrod boxcars "Coal chutes, Wymore, Nebr" circa 1910... https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b44999/ Enjoy! Claus Schlund